After one of their shoplifting sessions, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold. At first reluctant to shelter the girl, Osamu’s wife agrees to take care of her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, barely making enough money to survive through petty crime, they seem to live happily together until an unforeseen incident reveals hidden secrets, testing the bonds that unite them...

Director: Hirokazu Koreeda

Country: Japan

Genre: Crime | Drama

Year: 2018

Run Time: 02:00:48

imdb Score: 8.1/10 (2,900 votes)

Language: 2900

Rating: R

Cast: Kirin Kiki, Lily Franky, Sôsuke Ikematsu

""Maybe the bond is stronger when you choose your family," says someone, and darned if the film doesn't make a good case for that notion."Bob Mondello - NPR

"In true Kore-eda fashion the film is quietly devastating, slowly accumulating an avalanche of emotions that climaxes in a beautiful sequence."Nathanael Hood - THE YOUNG FOLKS

"A compact masterpiece about a scruffy family that isn't what it seems, and love that's the real thing."Joe Morgenstern - WALL STREET JOURNAL

"There's a deep empathy for these characters in Kore-eda's camera that we start to take on ourselves, and the final act is as heartbreaking as anything I've seen in years."Brian Tallerico - ROGEREBERT.COM